WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Final Predictions vs. ATL 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:05.120 The following. He's a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:16.440 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys, 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:20.360 screaming live from the Dallas Cowboys World Headhours at the 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:32.000 Star in Frisco. That's got here are Mickey Spagnola, Brian Brons, 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:37.559 Rob Phillips, and Bill Jones. There's Mickey waving Nowallas fans out, Yeah, 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.280 there is, It's time for up here Thursday edition of 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:44.560 Talking Cowboys. Can hear you, mag You can't hear me? No, 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.600 we can't. I can't hear myself doing a bit right. No, No, 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:51.760 I can't hear myself. I love the way mannikin over there, 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.840 what's going on? I love sitting across from Rob Phillips 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.120 because whenever Bicky makes a comment and I can see 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.600 the facial expressions of Rob of the other side. We 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:04.200 need a split screen at sometime where when when Mickey 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.200 talks and also have a camera on Rob his reaction. 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:13.520 I think it's pretty funny. Huh. We probably can't everything else. 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:18.319 Garrison can figure everything out, and so if it makes 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:24.200 for good TV or good podcasts, then Kent Garrison, who 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:28.200 is at hard at work right now fixing Mickey's problem. 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:30.280 It's the best part of the show today. Here we go. 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.400 You know the two you know, the two old Muppet 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.679 guys that sit up in the theater, you know and 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.760 yeah them yeah grumpy, I forget their name. Kent knows them. 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.440 There it is, there you go, that's Mickey Sackla Man, 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:45.000 he's a cartoon character. We love the cameo appearance on 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:49.200 camera appearance of Kent Garrison. Here is Carroll back the 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:53.840 curtain and we try to get Mickey situated for this 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.960 Thursday edition of Talking Cowboys. How are you doing, Brian 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:59.480 brought us. I'm doing well, Bill, Thank you very much. Right. 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.760 I was gonna have Mickey if he practiced yesterday on 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.240 the offensive defensive lines yesterday, I did. You don't need 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:06.960 the mic Oh, I don't need the mic You can 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.799 have two mics. No, it makes you feel powerful. Yeah? 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:12.720 Is that one work? No? You need you need to 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:17.280 pull the other one up. You need you do a 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:22.160 coach o lsu. I didn't need the microphone. We were hopeful, Mickey. 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:24.959 That was a hope, but no good. I can turn 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.520 it around. There you go. Uh man, what a mess yesterday? 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.080 Huh did you guys? I mean you see that injury report. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.440 Injury report, Yeah, nine guys sitting out. Did they have 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.440 did they have any offensive defensive lineman practice? Yes? They 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.680 didn't look like they had enough defensive linemen to get 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.560 through practice. Now they did sign a guy back to 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.839 the practice squad. I think those guys needed to be used. Yeah, 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.760 oh no, Yeah, there's no question the for the scout 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.040 team or no for the for the first team. Yeah, 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:54.359 they had to dip into the practice squad. I think 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:56.160 that I didn't know that there was a kid named 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.400 Ringo on this team. I didn't either. I asked Christian 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:03.880 and Ringo. Christian Ringo was actually actually was starting for 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:07.560 you yesterday when I saw them starting the skeleton drills 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.000 and I saw sixty eight in there, and I was like, 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.519 I thought Daniel Ross Daniel Rolsons changed his name. Yeah, 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.360 and then it was like, what he's hurt. It's like, 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:20.040 who's sixty eight? Rob goes Ringo? Christian Ringo is the 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:26.440 unsung star of practice yesterday, Ringo star. Oh yeah, boy, 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.320 you went a long way again there. Yeah, there's people 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.600 right now. They don't know exactly what you're talking about. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:35.120 Driving off the road. I liked it though, I liked it. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.840 I like least someone did it. Don't come easy, right, 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:42.960 I recognized it. I recognized the reference. I hope he 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:44.240 has a good game, so we can use that on 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.320 the website. Yes, that's right, all that would be good. Yes, 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:52.240 Ringo Stars. So who all? Who all set out practice yesterday? There, Mickey, 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.360 you got me down to name them all? Please do? Tavon, Austin, 0:03:56.160 --> 0:04:00.600 Taco Charlton, Malik Collins, David Irving, Shawn Lee's, Zach Martin, 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:08.240 Daniel Ross, Tyrann Smith, and Antoine Woods. All right, so 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.320 now of that group, there's what nine or so nine 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:15.080 of that group? Then? Which ones are significant for this week? 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.320 Because we already knew the Tavans and Sean Lee's of 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:23.120 the world were out and probably David Irving. And I'm 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:26.240 a little bit worried about Taco Charles Tennessee, that's the one. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.880 And I'm worried about right now too, because I was 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:30.760 kind of feeling like that that was going to be. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:32.760 Oh he's got a shoulder, Well, they can kind of 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.280 work through it. It doesn't appear that's the case. I mean, 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.760 he hasn't practiced in a couple of weeks. Now he 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.160 didn't play this week. He's not probably going to play 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.760 against the Redskins, so that would be what missing three 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.560 games for him? Now, did he missed the Tennessee game? Now? 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.080 He I think that's when he got hurt. He can't 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.240 remember what I had for breakfast. Think he came out. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.200 He came out early in the ear in the Tennessee game. 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.880 See that's man. They're they're getting down to a point 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.320 with some of these guys. And you know, Mickey was 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.720 talking about the other day having to move Crawford around 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.320 and what he's been able to do, you know, playing tackle, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.040 playing end. You know, I mean you're kind of hopeful 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:11.640 that they could just keep him in a spot. But 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:16.160 the numbers at that defensive end spot, in the tackle spot, yeah, 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:20.400 you know, I mean, okay, so what's what's concussion protocol? Right? Yeah, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:24.000 so we'll see how that. I guess that that concerns 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.240 me too. Yeah, especially two games in five days. He's 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.840 coming up here too. Yeah. The fact that Malik Collins 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.479 came back and finished the game I think is encouraging. Yes, 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:34.640 Now you hope he can get back into practice today. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:39.200 We'll see. Um. You guys mentioned David Irving, like Brian said, 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:42.400 you got a close stretch of two games here. I 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.159 think Garrett. I think Garrett said he was hoping he 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:45.840 could get closer as the week goes on. But if 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:49.000 he can't practice this week, now you turn around and yeah, 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:52.520 that's tough if you focus focus on Mickey right now, Mickey, 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.200 can I say what I said to the guys yesterday 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.640 And they didn't understand the saying as saying. I said 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.080 I hadn't seen Haigner hair of him and yeah, and 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.919 they were like, what what what did you do with 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.279 David Irvin? Though you did the traditional yeah he up, 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.800 ye out. I mean, we haven't seen him, have we No? 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.480 And in locker room, I have not seen it. He 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.440 hasn't been on the practice field in two weeks. Every 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.560 time you get a question, it seems like Garrett gets 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.839 a question about him, he's kind of like, nothing new. Yeah, 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.279 you know, it's not really like, oh, you know what question. Yeah, 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.880 we're hopeful that we was the word he used, hopeful 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.960 and and and and sort of the same thing for Tacco. 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.040 I think he said, we're hoping he can do something 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:30.840 by the end of the week. When I talked to Tacco, 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:34.240 he didn't sound like he was very optimistic of getting 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:38.400 back in time. So what's the rotation look like. Well, 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:40.600 you got Randy Gregory and well, I think a lot 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.360 of that depends on what happens inside, because if you 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:47.760 if you need Crawford inside, then Gregory's a sixty play out, 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.280 a sixty snap game. Yeah, Gregory be out there and 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.080 then and then Armstrong would probably have to play both sides, 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:54.919 is what you would get, which he did at the 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:56.719 end of the game. Yeah, he did at the end 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:01.000 of the game. Uh, Sunday, you may have to call 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:03.480 up a guy from the practice squad. It's possible. What's 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:13.679 the name, Shooty shoot shoo too? Yeah, shoot too. Jason 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:17.040 was Jason was very careful when he said it because 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.280 he got it out wrong because he's a defensive town 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.640 like you. Well, I just help us side. Potentially you 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.320 may have to do that. Well again, you know Antoine Woods, 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.040 we'll see. That's another one. I mean, if he can 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:31.520 be cleared, that helps your numbers. Randy Gregory played mate 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.240 played as many snaps as he had all season long, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:40.040 forty out of I think it was fifty, no, sixty two, right, 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.240 forty out of sixty two. He had to play, and 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.640 DeMarcus Lawrence played almost every snap. I think he missed 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.840 like four. This could be a tough game on these 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.040 guys too, especially the way these Cats throw the ball around. Yeah, 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.120 you're gonna be rushing all especially he turns into a 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:56.840 track meet to you know, where neither defense is really 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.320 able to kind of get off the field and you're 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.280 having to deal with a lot of running around. So 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.520 it's gonna be really important that they get Antoine Woods 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:09.200 and MALIEK Collins back. I don't know about um Ross 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.000 because he got hurt before the game ever started, a 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:13.920 calf injury. That didn't sound every time they've had or 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.640 had a calf injury. That's kind of linger at all 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:18.800 he did out there when we were out there yesterday 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.120 was walking. Yeah. I didn't see him even get on 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:26.120 their resistance cards. Yeah, so that's that's somewhat troubling. That is. 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:30.040 And with Matt Ryan, he's been sacked seventeen times this season, 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:32.240 and when you look around the league, I mean, how 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.480 many times has Dak been sag Now he's up around thirty, 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.240 I can tell you something like that. And which is 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:42.960 so that is on the lower end of sacks in 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:47.000 the in the league right now, U thirty two, and 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.880 where Matt Ryan seems to have more problems is a 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:52.839 rush up the middle, Yeah, get getting his face yeah, 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:56.559 And that's and that's where that's where you have to 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.400 find ways to deal with him, because he does even 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:02.800 though he's a uttering guy, he does have enough mobility 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:04.880 to escape. I mean, he's not gonna make you think 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:08.679 of Cam Newton or Alex Smith of those guys running 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.560 the ball. But occasionally he'll be sneaky quick with a 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.320 with a way that you know he'll get in trouble 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.640 and all of a sudden he'll run six yards to 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:17.880 get a first down. So you have to be alert 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.840 for that. But his mobility, I think is one of 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.680 his strengths. His ability to throw on the move is 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.319 one of his strengths, just as good throwing left to 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.280 the right as he you know, he could do both. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.800 And so you know, it's one of those games where 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.320 you're gonna have to chase receivers. I think you're gonna 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:37.960 you know, when we broke down plays where he scrambled 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.679 around and Julio Jones is running and Snow is running 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.120 and they never stop, and yeah, if you stop, they 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:46.160 you know they're gonna hit you on a big play. 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:49.120 That's my biggest fear in this game. I don't fear 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:54.720 Atlanta's defense. I fear Atlanta's offense throwing the football, especially 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.280 at home. Yeah, home away. I mean, I know people 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.360 are gonna say no broad Us. It was clear Eveland, 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:04.440 you know, but you know Cleveland played them well. And 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.760 you know, I think though, if you the games, I 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.680 watched them play like you said, Bill, at home Cincinnati, 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.160 New Orleans. I mean, they were track meets. It was 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.679 up and down the field. It was big pass plays. 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.840 I mean, this team and where this team is different 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.320 than Philadelphia is they're good in the red zone. There's 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.600 a good red zone team. So you know that's something else. 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.160 If Dallas has been good on defense. As a red 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.920 zone team, you made people kick fueld goals. So let's see, 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.080 we've also does We'll talk about this yesterday, Bill. They're 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:33.960 a good third down team, and they're a good third 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.240 and long team. I mean they convert about half of 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.040 their third and longs. They stay on the field. Cowboys 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.080 did a better job getting off the field last game. 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.880 But Brian's right, this could be first team to twenty 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.400 eight thirty. Maybe we'll get one of those high school 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.199 games sixty two to fifty six. What do you think 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.120 of the odds of that? Well, I don't know, Well, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.959 what are the odds in high school? I see every score. 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:59.439 I look at Atlanta. Atlanta though they've had their struggles. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.560 Now they get on Jones back, but you know what 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.160 kind of game shape is he going to be? And 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:07.400 he'll help. But this this secondary's given up since game 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.760 was thirty seven thirty six games something like that, and 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.079 then the Saints game was an overtime game that went 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.679 really high as well. So to double down on what 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.000 Route Rob said about third down, they convert fifty one 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.880 point three percent of their third downs and their opponents 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:24.960 convert fifty one point nine percent. There you go, third downs. 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.520 They've had their problem. Sixty two fifty six. You've got 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.040 the Cowboys my score right there. You got the Cowboys 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:34.080 third down conversion rates there, it's gone up over thirty percent, 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:37.120 is it now? It's finally over thirty Yeah, So sad 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.640 that again, let's reinforce that Atlanta's third down conversion rate 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:48.360 point and Cowboyoys thirty five six. And this is only 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.760 the second week it's been over thirty percent. Yeah, because 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.520 they were eight for sixteen in the Philadelphia, but the 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.720 last two games with the Marii Cooper on the Gold 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.839 it's forty eight point one. There you go. That's no 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:04.880 coincidence or just better blocking though, too, Mick. Yeah, you've 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.280 been right about blocking all along. These teams are kind 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.079 of a reverse of each other. You know, defensively, Atlanta 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.559 hasn't found consistency offensively. We know about the Cowboys struggles, 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.240 but I think how many catches do Amari have so 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:18.960 far through two eleven for one thirty three and I 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.320 think ten of them have gone for first downs they have? 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.400 There you go. I mean he is he keeps those 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.920 drives going. And the one thing they're missing right now 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.120 is that deep ball, and they almost had one the 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.679 other They're gonna get one in this game. I mean 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.360 he's averaging twelve point one to catch. Yeah, I think 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:37.360 they're gonna just again keep an eye on Robert Alford, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.440 number twenty three. That's the guy. He's the He's the 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.040 fish out there that you take advantage of. That'd be 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.160 interesting to see if they want to zone it because 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.880 they're worried about Cooper and then allow the Cowboys to 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.080 have their way running the ball. You know what, Off 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:52.600 the top of my head, when you were talking about 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:56.440 the injuries on the defensive line and the ability to 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:59.880 get pressure up the middle, what if they give him 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:02.679 a heavy dose of that three man front and then 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.559 play four linebackers because they're going to be in three 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.040 wide receivers all the time, aren't they? They are going 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.280 to be in three wider and then you don't know 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:15.079 who's which linebackers rushing or blitzing and uh, and they 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.720 haven't run the ball all that well. Yeah, so that 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.680 would be interesting to think about. I haven't seen that 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.920 three man front as much this year. They did it 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:28.320 a couple of times Philly, but they did it a 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.880 decent amount the last year or two. So that's a thought, Mick. 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.480 Maybe Chris Richard's not a fan of it. Maybe not 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.079 m There you go, but they did they did. They 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.599 did implement it against the Eagles, and I don't know 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.080 if they did it because they wanted to change up 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:48.320 or they were getting diminishing returns on available bodies. That's 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:49.960 probably had a lot to do with it. Right there, 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:51.600 are gonna say this is a deeper d line than 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.280 they've had the last couple of years too, where you 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.800 don't necessarily have to go to that look until now 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:00.280 until injuries. Yeah, tell you what, And I'm mentioned it 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.240 last night. We were on the Legend Show Mickey and 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:08.120 I and uh, Wow, Randy Gregory coming off that Arthur 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:11.120 scotpic surgery on his knee looks so quick off the 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:15.080 ball in that Philadelphia game, and which makes you wonder 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.000 if he had been dealing with an issue with that 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.200 knee the last few weeks. Not that he was slower 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.440 or anything, but when you got those book ends coming 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.520 off the edge, that really is nice to see. I 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.320 think you're right. I think he had been dealing with it, 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:29.920 and that's why they went ahead and got the scope. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.400 Same thing with Connor Williams. Instead of trying to battle 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.880 through it for the rest of the season, take care 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:36.440 of it, miss a couple of weeks and maybe it 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.560 benefits you and you're more effect That's you know, as 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:41.920 we all know, that's Randy Gregory's game. No doubt he 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:44.880 can come off the edge like that. Wow, that impacts 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.880 the game all of a sudden light. Yeah, and you know, 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.760 let's you know, you got to hope that you you know, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.200 you talked about the sack numbers are not huge for 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:57.000 the Falcons allowing sacks, you know, but they talk about 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.560 hits and they talk about pressure. You know, let's see 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:03.640 if Matt Ryan can And I'm this this game worries 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.240 me just from the aspect of all these receivers and 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.880 Matt Ryan. You know, it's just that that. Yeah, I 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:15.480 don't trust Atlanta's defense. I really don't. Sixty two fifty six. Yeah, 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.240 I don't trust them at all. But I I am 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:22.040 worried about Atlanta's offense. Offensively, they're back to being close 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:24.280 kind of what they were two years ago when they 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.200 almost they should have won the Super Bowl and they 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.360 were putting up about forty points a game in the playoffs. 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.920 They're not there right now. But when they played Cowboys 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.760 played up there last year, that was a stagnant offense. 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.640 They weren't they weren't hitting, they were struggling. Yeah, yeah, 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:40.880 they found they found something. And again, like you said, 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:44.120 I mean, you add Calvin Ridley to what they already have. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:46.840 That's a dangerous group, There's no question about it. But 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.840 these dbs here have played, they played well. I know 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.080 Philly hit some plays and I know zach Ertz was 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.960 a tough cover. But they did some nice things against Philly, 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:56.800 and you hope they can carry that over. So you're 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.680 worried about them having scored thirty one, thirty seven, thirty six, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:07.840 thirty four, thirty eight. Yeah, absolutely, sixty two fifty six. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.000 Maybe maybe they're you know, but what did they score? 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:15.440 Gets Cleveland sixteen sixteen and their losses they scored sixteen 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:21.920 Philadelphia was an opening day loss right seventeen against Pittsburgh twelve. 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:26.000 But that was only eighteen twelve game. Where's their other loss? 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.320 Pits beat by the Saints forty three thirty seven seven 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:33.520 and Cincinnati thirty seven thirty six. Pittsburgh did a nice 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.080 job of getting after them. Pittsburgh did it. I mean, 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:39.000 Pittsburgh can put some pressure on you, and they did 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.640 a nice job. Did a good job of covering those 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.280 receivers too. But you look at you look at Julio 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:47.000 Jones numbers, and I know you're not supposed to just 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.800 totally focus on numbers, but it just seems like it's 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.600 his targets are double digit every game. He's over one 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:56.160 hundred every game. Is he's you know, it's it's fourteen 0:16:56.280 --> 0:17:00.800 it's ten receptions, fourteen targets. And he's right about the 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.640 target thing, because they could throw the ball over his 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.679 damn head and they give him a target. But it 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.919 just seems like, man, they're just saying, Okay, we know 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.280 who our best offensive player is. We're just gonna keep 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:13.160 throwing the ball. And that's that's the danger you run 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:16.000 into playing these guys. Yeah, I think where Julio Jones 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.800 hurts you the most. I wrote about this morning, you know, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.920 with my matchups with Byron Jones. I think Julio Jones 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:26.359 hurt you run after catch. That's where I you know, 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:28.800 I think that. And Mickey gave you the numbers last 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.800 yesterday about Hulo Jones. He said, hey, would you take 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.720 six for fifty nine? I believe is the number you use, Mickey, 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:39.400 and that fifty seven from last year. Yeah, absolutely right now, yes, yes, 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.679 sign me up for that. Now, find a way to 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:45.560 cover everybody else, you know, cover Austin Hooper, cover all 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.399 these other guys. You know, you know this game is 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:52.600 gonna come down to can you make one extra stop? 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.399 A half football? Yeah, A little bit like the saber 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.840 Cats and the and the Rattlers used to be when 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.840 her serve you better score. But Tennis, look at the 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:05.359 second half of the Eagles game. That's what it turned 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.320 out to be. Yeah, you know the Cowboys Eagles game 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:11.960 last week. Cowboys gotta stop finally on the last possession. 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.120 It's gonna come down too, because you take a stop. 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.160 A stop in this game might be like a turnover. Yeah. 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:20.240 But with the way the bow teams are, you know, 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:23.040 I mean, and I think Dallas is better now offensively, 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.000 I really do think they're better with with the Maury 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.720 Cooper in the lineup. I think he and and you 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.160 know again, Mickey's asked him to pair and you Rob 0:18:31.200 --> 0:18:33.520 have asked him to pair things down. I think they're 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.480 finding out that, Okay, we could pare this thing down 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:39.720 and just focus on these four guys and then try 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:41.679 and run the football. You know, we gotta you get 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.400 a new left guard that seems like he's got everybody's 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:47.280 got some confidence in him. Ye. So you know, Dallas 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:51.840 is capable of putting some points up if if they 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.080 could get enough opportunities to do And by the way, 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.320 that is sort of the offensive evolution of this league, 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.359 the triple up, the trickle up effect from college to 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.040 the NFL where you're seeing more coaches go for it 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.720 on fourth down like Garrett did last week, because it 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.040 become more like arena ball and possessions are so important 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:14.480 and giving up the football. That's why I made that comparison, 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.399 because covering arena football, if you get a stop that 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:20.280 is a turnover, it counts as one. So that's to 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.600 your point, that's what they're trying to do. They trying 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.480 to get one extra stop or two. We'll see. So 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.200 it's funny that we're talking about Cowboys in the sense 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.600 of can they win a track meet style game, because 0:19:30.080 --> 0:19:32.960 I mean, you're a little bit better equipment, there's no question. 0:19:33.000 --> 0:19:35.080 I mean, now they trust me. They want to sit 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.679 there and pound this ball and at Lant and say, okay, 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.520 let's see if you're good enough stopping the run get ahead. Yeah, yeah, 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.600 Let's see if you're good enough to you know, if 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:45.760 we run this thing at you. Let's see if what 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:48.440 kind of conditioned Dion Jones is in, you know, let's 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:52.080 see what kind of conditioned creating jared'son. Yeah, you know, 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:55.200 let's kind of see what kind of condition that could 0:19:55.240 --> 0:19:57.800 see the safety's in, you know, but you need to 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:00.160 make sure that you have a team that built to 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:02.399 to Okay, that's the way you want to win games. 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:04.239 But you gotta have your team built where you can 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:07.080 win a track mate too. Yeah, and they're they're they're 0:20:07.080 --> 0:20:10.720 a little bit more capable now of being able to 0:20:10.720 --> 0:20:12.960 play in a game like that we saw in Philadelphia. 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.439 I mean, Philadelphia turned that second half into you score, 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:19.840 I better score, you score, I better score again. You 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:23.600 know it said fortunately did Dallas missed the early opportunities 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:25.480 in that game and then they missed the field goal. 0:20:26.160 --> 0:20:28.000 I always I think they put it posted the deal 0:20:28.040 --> 0:20:29.639 the other day, Dallas is like at a record like 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.640 thirty five and oh in game it since like two 0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:35.760 thousand and I don't know, two thy fourteen or so 0:20:35.880 --> 0:20:38.359 at fifteen maybe or where if they have a seven 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.240 point lead going into the fourth quarter that they haven't 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:44.720 lost that is the running game. Yeah, this is NBC 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:47.720 posted that, so I might don't don't don't hit me out, 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:50.200 but it was some number that they put where Dallas 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.080